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Vivian Jenna Wilson, Elon Muskā€™s daughter, accused her father of giving a ā€œdefinitely Nazi saluteā€ at two rallies in January, calling his actions ā€œfucking cringe.ā€

In an interview with Teen Vogue, she criticized Muskā€™s involvement in the Trump administration and advocated for trans rights, emphasizing the importance of gender-affirming care for minors.

Wilson, who transitioned as a teen, described Musk as cold and absent, and revealed she no longer associates with him or his family.

She also expressed fear over anti-trans legislation under Trumpā€™s administration.

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    Yeah, because if heā€™s indeed a nazi, heā€™s pretty incompetent at converting people into nazism. Some politicians such as Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris have done a hand gesture that resembles the nazi salute in their political rallies, but nobody at the time screamed they were dog whistling nazi symbology. Raising oneā€™s hand to salute the audience is just a natural gesture, not some intricate gesture thatā€™s exclusive to a bonafide nazi apologist.

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      Lol, no they havenā€™t, and if you have a hard time seeing a chest pounding and sharp arm raising as a Nazi salute but buy a frozen frame of a wave as potentially equivalent youā€™re deep into the conservative media ecosystem looking for a reason to excuse him.

      Itā€™s not a hand wave, itā€™s a frame-perfect Nazi salute with the beginning middle and end. Thereā€™s nothing he could have done to make it more accurate a Nazi salute other than speaking German at the time.

      https://gifyu.com/image/bzsAP

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        What I see is Elon haters clinging to this salute as if itā€™s the one silver bullet that will somehow make him lose Trumpā€™s or the Republicansā€™ support. But their insistence on this is like preaching to the choir, as right-wingers simply donā€™t careā€”some even like Elon more for being gutsy.

        If thatā€™s all theyā€™ve got on Elon, then heā€™s sure to keep his job at DOGE. And Trump is laughing all the way to the bank, as the anti-Elon sentiment shields him from criticism, as social mediaā€™s attention is mostly spent on Elon instead of Trump.

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          Nazi symbolism is ā€œgutsyā€. God Elon-stans are such fucking losers.

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            13 days ago

            Sorry, English is not my first language. What I meant is that some may see him as wacky and irreverent.

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      Itā€™s very easy to find an image of a politician, or anyone really in the public eye, doing what appears to be a Nazi salute. Pretty much any gesture that starts with the hand below shoulder level to above head level may well briefly transition between those two that could result in an image that appears to be a Nazi salute from one angle or another. Itā€™s much harder to find video that closely mimics actual videos of Adolf Hitler doing a Nazii salute, even harder to see it happen twice just moments apart.